The Poetical Works of Alexander PopeW. Suttaby, B. Crosby & Company Corral Prinker, 1807 - 408 pages |
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... happy Life of a Country Parson Messiah • The Temple of Fame Windsor Forest Epistles To Robert Earl of Oxford · 109 • 117 . 134 . 157 160 164 . 165 166 ib . 168 171 .174 . 176 177 • 184 197 208 ib . 209 . 210 212 To James Craggs , Esq ...
... happy Life of a Country Parson Messiah • The Temple of Fame Windsor Forest Epistles To Robert Earl of Oxford · 109 • 117 . 134 . 157 160 164 . 165 166 ib . 168 171 .174 . 176 177 • 184 197 208 ib . 209 . 210 212 To James Craggs , Esq ...
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... happy in its own : Is Heav'n unkind to man , and man alone ? Shall he alone , whom rational we call , Be pleas'd with nothing if not bless'd with all ? The bliss of man ( could pride that blessing find ) Is not to act or think beyond ...
... happy in its own : Is Heav'n unkind to man , and man alone ? Shall he alone , whom rational we call , Be pleas'd with nothing if not bless'd with all ? The bliss of man ( could pride that blessing find ) Is not to act or think beyond ...
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... happy frailties to all ranks applied , Shame to the virgin , to the matron pride , Fear to the statesman , rashness to the chief , To kings presumption , and to crowds belief : That virtue's ends from vanity can raise , Which seeks no ...
... happy frailties to all ranks applied , Shame to the virgin , to the matron pride , Fear to the statesman , rashness to the chief , To kings presumption , and to crowds belief : That virtue's ends from vanity can raise , Which seeks no ...
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... happy nature to explore , The fool is happy that he knows no more ; The rich is happy in the plenty giv'n , The poor contents him with the care of Heav'n . See the blind beggar dance , the cripple sing , The sot a hero , lunatic a king ...
... happy nature to explore , The fool is happy that he knows no more ; The rich is happy in the plenty giv'n , The poor contents him with the care of Heav'n . See the blind beggar dance , the cripple sing , The sot a hero , lunatic a king ...
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... happy without virtue : instanced in riches - Honours - Nobility - Greatness - Fame - Superior talents , with pictures of human infelicity in men pos- sessed of them all . - 7 . That virtue only constitutes a happiness , whose object is ...
... happy without virtue : instanced in riches - Honours - Nobility - Greatness - Fame - Superior talents , with pictures of human infelicity in men pos- sessed of them all . - 7 . That virtue only constitutes a happiness , whose object is ...
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